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BUTTER WORKER.

No. 356,924. Patented Feb. l, 1887.

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No. 356,924?. Y gg 1F'Patented Fab. l, 188% 1 c .2@ E d0 2' d@ lUniTen STnTns PaTnNT @Tricia JOI-IN S. CARTER, OF SYRAGSE, AND IRA C. VIGHTMAN, OF NORNVICH, N. Y.

BUTTER-VVORKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,924, dated February 1, 1857;

Application filed January 1S, 1556. Serial No. ll. (No modem T0 @ZZ whom. 'it may con-cern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN S. CARTER and IRA C. VGHTMAN, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, and Norwich, Chenango county, New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bx1ttei\Veile1s, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and eXactdescript-ion.

This invention relates tothe class of butterworkers in which the butter-tray is reciprocatcd under a grooved or corrugated roller, which works the butter placed in the aforo said tray.

The invention consists in an improved construction and combination of parts,as hereinafter more fully explained,and specifically set forth in the claim.

ln the annexed drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of ou r improved butter-worker. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of aportion ot' 'the tray and its connection with the rack. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the detachable connection ot' the kneading-roller with the soppciting-frame. Fig. 4 is a top plan view taken below the tray, and Fig. 5 is an end view,witli a portion ofthe frame broken away to show the pinion and its connection with the rack and tray.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

F represents the main supporting-trame of the hutter-worker. 'Upon the said frame wel mounta supplemental frame, A,which We support so that it will yield vertically by means of springs aa, interposed between the two frames FA. On the supplemental frame A we journal a number of rollers, D Z, which project with their peripheries above the said frame, and on said rollers we mount the tray T, which is thus allowed to freely move longitudinally back and forth on the supplemental frame A..

On the usual posts, F', secured to the frame F, at opposite sides of the tray, is journaled the kneading-roller R, which we prefer to corrugate longitudinally, but do not limit ourselves tc such form. The roller R is made removable from the aforesaid posts by dividing one of the latter transversely at the center of the journal-bearing and hinging the top portion of the post to the fixed portion thereof at one of the side edges of the joint, so as to allow the top portion to be swung to one side, as represented in Fig. 8 of the drawings.

C is a counter-Shaft arranged parallel with the kneading-roller Runderneath the supplemental frame A, and journaled cn the aforesaid posts l?" F. On one and the same ends of the shaft of the roller R and the countershaft C are attached geanwheels EE, which mesh in each other, and thus transmit motion from the roller-shaft to the countenshaft, the roller-shaft being rotated by means of acrank, l, attached to said shaft. 0n the counter-shaft C is fastened a pinion, D, which meshes in a rack, r, arranged parallel with the tray T, and sliding in guides c c, secured to the main frame F. From the top of the said rack project lugs or pins d, which partly and loosely enter socket-s s s in the under side of the tray and allow the tray to vibrate vertically without losing their hold thereon. e denotes the trough for collecting,` the liquid expelled from the butter during the operation ot' the kneadingroller R,the tray T being,- provided at its bottom with a discharge-opening directly over 'the aforesaid trough.

In order to obtain access to the trough e for cleaning; the saine without removing the tray, we support said trough removably on brackets n, secured either to one of the guides c, as shown, or to the frame F.

In operating our improved butter-worker, the tray T yields and becomes depressed in case an undue hulk of butter is carried under the roller R,thns preventing a scraping action of the roller on the butter, and instead of said action, a most effective k neading action on the butter is produced, which latter action has been found necessary to thoroughly -work the butter and expel the liquid therefrom.

Having described our invention, what We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with the main frame F and the kneading-roller R, jonrnalcd thereon, the supplemental frame A, supported on springs c c, rollers Zi b, journaled on the frame A, the tray T, mounted on said. rollers, and provided IOC) with sockets s, the shaft C, the pinion D, gears the State of New York, this 24th dey of De- E E, guides c c, the mok 7*, sliding on said cember, 1885. guides, and lugs or pins d d, attached to the rack and entering the sooketssl of the tray, all A'N constructed and combined to operate substantially as described and shown. Witnesses for John S. Carter: In testimony whereof we have hereunto FREDERICK H. GIBBs, signed our names and affixed our seals, in the E. O. CANNON. presence of two attestng Witnesses, at Syra.- Witnesses for Ira. C. Wightnian: euse, New York, and N orwieh, New York, in YV. B. LEAOH, the counties of Onondaga and Chenango, in J. S. VOOD.l 

